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  • Van Sickle Bi-State Park (10/14/19) Michelle Pontoni

A weekend hike or ride can carry you to undiscovered fall color. Michelle Pontoni discovered this while exploring South Lake Tahoe, this past week.

  • Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe (10/12/19) Michelle Pontoni
  • Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe (10/12/19) Michelle Pontoni
  • Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe (10/12/19) Michelle Pontoni

She’d cycled along a bike trail to Pope Beach off CA-89 finding golden willows, cattails and bigleaf maple within wetlands and drainages.

  • Van Sickle Bi-State Park (10/14/19) Michelle Pontoni
  • Van Sickle Bi-State Park (10/14/19) Michelle Pontoni
  • Van Sickle Bi-State Park (10/14/19) Michelle Pontoni

At Van Sickle Bi-State Park (a state park that overlaps the state line) golden and orange foliage was pushing up from within a former burn scar.

  • South Lake Tahoe (6,225′) – Near Peak (50-75%) GO NOW!
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